Tao and Trinity: Notes on Self-Reference and the Unity of Opposites in Philosophy

✍ Scribed by Scott Austin (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 141
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-18
The Being of Illusion....Pages 19-29
The Greeks and Greek Issues....Pages 30-45
Plato and Followers....Pages 46-56
Aquinas....Pages 57-81
Being and Appearance....Pages 82-92
Conclusion....Pages 93-107
Back Matter....Pages 108-130

✦ Subjects

Philosophy of Religion; Religious Studies, general; History of Philosophy; Aesthetics; Classical Philosophy; Non-Western Philosophy

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